This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that … culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally … in contemporary development are associated with pairwise cultural differences relative to the technological frontier …

. It also gives a mechanism for conditional convergence, growth miracles, and leapfrogging. Development begins with slow …This paper develops a model of unified growth based on a positive feed back between growth and longevity. The model … explains the historical development of industrialized countries as well as why tropical countries did not follow the same path …

The effects of inequality on economic growth depend on several factors. On one hand, they depend on the time horizon … considered, on the initial level of income and on its initial distribution. But, on the other hand, as growth and inequality are … rates, this work analyzes how increasing inequality and increasing agglomeration influence economic growth depending on the …

heterogeneity on economic outcomes. The results confirm the generally found growth-reducing effect of ethnic heterogeneity but also …